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hiya-W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. STUART, OF NUNHEAD, COUNTY OF SURREY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT HENRY BELLINGHAM, OF PECKHAM, ENGLAND.

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sPEcIIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,508, dated April 2,. 1889.

Application filed November 6, 1888. Serial No. 290,149. (No model.) Patented in England .llarch 14,1887, No. 3,830; in France May 6, 1887, No. 188,874, and in Germany Mey e, 1887, No. 42,880.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GEORGE STUART, a subject of I-Ier Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Nunhead, in the county of Surrey,England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway-- Oar Couplings, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 3,830, bearing date March 14, 1887; in France, No. 183,374,

Io and in Germany, No. 42,380, both bearing date May 6, 1887,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to couplings for railway wagons or cars, the invention being particularly adapted for goods or freight cars, the object being to provide a simple and cheap device for coupling up the adjacent ends of two cars, which canbe conveniently and safely operated by a person from outside 2o of the buifers.

To clearly explain the nature of my invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure 1 represents, partly in section, the

2 5 abutting ends of two cars with the coupling so raised that the link end of one is about to drop into the hook of the other.l Fig. 2 represents, partly in section, the completion of the coupling operation where the link of one car is engaged with the hook of the other, the rods which the person or official has used to effect this having dropped into their normal position. Fig. 3 represents, partly in section, the car ends parted and as itwould be in4 the act of traveling. Fig. 4 is a plan of Fig. 3, but showing only the main beams of the car,

the position of the body being indicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of one of the links detached.

To the ordinary draw-bar hook, A, I attach a link, B, the construction of which is shown perhaps more clearly in Fig. 5. At right angles to the link-opening projects a hook, O, the form which I consider best for this being that shown in the drawings. At a convenient point beneath the frame-work of the oar I place the device for lifting these couplinghooks. This consists of a metal rod or bar,

D, the outer ends of which are turned down at the sides of the car to form handles E, as 5o shown,while the center portion is bent into the form of a crank, as shown at F, such portion serving when raised to lift the hook B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The handles E are entirely out of the way, as the 1 are pro- 5 5 tected as well as prevented from striking per sons alongside of the line bythe body of the oar, which overlaps the frame-work timbers, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4. This rod D is preferably supported by metal bearing- 6o plates a a, which are secured to the framework of the car, while to further support it at the center, as well as to prevent any side= wise movement, clips b b, secured to the framework, are placed close up to the crank portion F.

The operation of the device will be readily understood; but it may briefly be described as follows; The person or oiiicial wishing to couple up the cars will stand outside of the buffers, and by means of the two handles E E, which, for convenience, are brought slightly forward, as shown, will raise the cranked por= tions F of the rods D, thus lifting both links B, say, into the position shown in Fig. 1, allowing the link end e of one to drop into the hook C of the other, as shown in Fig. 2, when the handle E may be dropped, as the coupling is thus effected. It will of course be Y evident that it is immaterial which link is 8o raised rst or above the other, as either link end e will engage with either hook C. As the cars `start olf, the links are drawn into the position shown in Fig. 3. To uncouple, the car ends must be close up, as usual. The lower link is raised slightly by means of the handle E, and the link end e of the other is lifted, by means of the other handle E, from engagement with the hook C of same.

For the purpose of coupling up a car which 9o ymay not be iitted with thisA apparatus and which has the usual links dependingfrom the hook A, I retain this hook A, as shown, for the purpose of receiving one of the ordinary links; but it will be evident that such is not 9 5 essential to my invention, as the link B may ge gung from any other suitable drawbar fha/t I claim, and desire to secure by Let- In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my ters Patent, is hand in the presence of two subscribing Wit- Io In a ear-coupling, the link B, depending nesses. from a hooked draw-bar head, A, having a 5 link end, e, and hook C, in combination with VILLAM G' STUARVI' a cranked rod, l), for raising same, having Witnesses: handles E, and being,1r suitably attached t0 the PHILIP M. JUSTICE,

ear, substantially as described. JAMES BOLEs. 

